ProFire 2626, the New Recording Interface From M-Audio

Definitely, the guys at M-Audio love recording interfaces more than anything in this world. Far from being a bad thing, this love has led to the development of a new and very cool recording equipment codenamed ProFire 2626, suitable for both professional and home-studio use alike and offering multiple possibilities in terms of connectivity and versatility.

Since digital recording is more and more popular among music producers, sound engineers and musicians alike, it seems like the M-Audio ProFire 2626 is really well-targeted, especially as it comes with extensive features letting the user customize the recording specs and parameters. The first big things you'll notice about the M-Audio ProFire 2626 is the 26x26 simultaneous analog/digital I/O, a perfect feature for studio projects, letting you monitor and record a lot of instruments in the same time, giving you a better idea on what's actually happening.

This interface also comes with eight preamps running on the widely-acclaimed Octane technology; even cooler, the M-Audio ProFire 2626 can also run as a standalone 8-channel microphone preamp or an 8-channel A/D-D/A converter, allowing a 24-bit/192kHz operation. And as if this was not enough, the M-Audio ProFire 2626 sports the revered JetPLL jitter elimination technology whose use will make sure that your recordings have a pristine sound and perfect synchronization.

While compatible with the industry standard set by Pro Tools and therefor easy to integrate with any recording studio running on this DAW, the M-Audio ProFire 2626 sports an on-board DSP engine, routing routines and mixer which will let you customize your experience; additionally, the master volume control is user-assignable and it will provide you with unprecedented control over your mix. The volume knob can be set up to control up to four output pairs (for a 7.1 array), it can trim any of the channel pairs or headphone outputs and it can even be operated independently. Connectivity is ensured via FireWire, optical and analog channels.

The M-Audio ProFire 2626 will be shipping in Q1 2008 for a MSRP of $899.95. For more detailed specs, check out the product's page.